"From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team–the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy,” in theaters August 1, expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits–Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon; Groot, a tree-like humanoid; the deadly and enigmatic Gamora; and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand–with the galaxy’s fate in the balance."

This is the SlideRider, a set of connected folding mats that turn a staircase into a slide. The indoor slide is the brainchild of inventor Trisha Cleveland, who is working with Quirky to make the product a reality. Cool idea.

Woody's TabletTray is a precision-crafted carrier for Apple's iPad and Wireless Keyboard made out of massive walnut, cherry or beech wood. Woody's TabletTray bundles the two devices into one clean and ergonomic unit.

"A robot developed by EPFL [one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology] researchers is capable of reacting on the spot and grasping objects with complex shapes and trajectories in less than five hundredths of a second."

Using data from the Social Security Administration the top baby names by state for 2013 on Thursday, the Huffington Post has posted images of the most popular baby names given to girls and to boys during 2013 in the United States, by state.

The Pontiac Silverdome is a vacant sports stadium, formerly the home of the Detroit Lions football team, and the Detroit Pistons basketball team. Other major events included Wrestlemania III, which set a world record for attendance at an indoor event. The Lions left the stadium in 2002, after which some concerts and sports events were held. The Silverdome has been vacant since 2012, and the contents are being auctioned off: